CenturyTel Spurns Alltel's Embrace

AUTHOR(S)

Mendez-Wilson, Deborah

PUB. DATE

August 2001

SOURCE

Wireless Week;8/20/2001, Vol. 7 Issue 34, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that CenturyTel Inc. rejected the takeover offer of Alltel Corp., a wireless carrier in the United States. Alltel's way of convincing CenturyTel to accept the takeover proposal; Remarks from CenturyTel about Alltel's offer; Expectation of Alltel from a merger with CenturyTel; Estimated worth of the combined assets of Alltel and CenturyTel.

ACCESSION #

5151680

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